Michael Ashcroft
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I publish a newsletter of varying regularity called Thinking Out Loud, because that’s exactly what I’m doing.
Thinking Out Loud is an expression of me as a multifaceted individual and so isn't about any specific topics. But the kinds of things I talk about include my journey leaving the default career path, solopreneurship, being human, creative expression, civilisation building, mindfulness and telling positive stories about the future.
You’re welcome to be an active part of the process and think out loud with me. And feel free to check out the back catalogue below the sign up form.
The back catalogue
- No. 52 / Embracing discomfort in online marketing and reframing why I work / 05 March 2022
- No. 51 / Wholeheartedly limiting my options thanks to Deep Okayness / 02 February 2022
- No. 50 / Fifty editions of Thinking Out Loud / 02 November 2021
- No. 49 / May all beings feel really fucking fantastic / 17 September 2021
- No. 48 / Making sense of crypto's gravity well / 10 September 2021
- No. 47 / Being pulled in two directions / 03 September 2021
- No. 46 / Maybe I have creative cycles, actually / 27 August 2021
- No. 45 / Valid reasons why I want not to succeed / 06 July 2021
The ones below were all hosted on Substack. I'm leaving them there for posterity, but please sign up via the form above rather than within Substack.
- No. 44 / In my oasis delightful gardens shall grow / 23 June 2021
- No. 43 / How to stop doing things that hurt you / 08 June 2021
- No. 42 / An idea cannot exist out of context / 27 May 2021
- No. 41 / Creating an oasis with Zettelkasten characteristics / 18 May 2021
- No. 40 / What do you *really* want? | Also, kayfabe / 12 May 2021
- No. 39 / Being afraid of mistakes makes us perform worse / 05 May 2021
- No. 38 / A life update from Michael / 21 April 2021
- No. 37 / That time I burned out / 21 February 2021
- No. 36 / Temporal Scaffolding / 14 February 2021
- No. 35 / The wasteman diaries / 10 February 2021
- No. 34 / Self-employed! / 31 January 2021
- No. 33 / The beat is about to drop / 24 January 2021
- No. 32 / Talking about money / 31 December 2020
- No. 31 / I quit my job / 12 December 2020
- No. 30 / 2020 — within these four walls / 05 October 2020
- No. 29 / Contextual conscientiousness, YouTube videos and optimistic art / 30 August 2020
- No. 28/ Performative Meaning, building out loud and Setenil de las Bodegas / 22 August 2020
- No. 27/ Making a course, reliance systems and patronage / 02 August 2020
- No. 26/ Newsletter constraints, Readwise Daily Review and regenerative farming / 25 July 2020
- No. 25 / Constructive hypocrisy, the Resonance Engine, and emergent structure / 19 July 2020
- No. 24 / Total Work, launching 'Expanding Awareness', and how to fall asleep / 26 April 2020
- No. 23 / Alexander Technique online and my experience with COVID-19 / 29 March 2020
- No. 22 / Making sense of COVID-19 and working with the garage door up / 15 March 2020
- No. 21 / Desire, focus and Singapore's solarpunk vibes / 01 March 2020
- No. 20 / Non-doing meets global change, being prolific and optimistic narratives / 23 February 2020
- No. 19 / On procrastination, making friends online and the solarpunk aesthetic/ 16 February 2020
- No. 18 / Processing death, my annual review and sovereignty/ 09 February 2020
- No. 17 / On Brexit, identity and climate change, extraordinary tribes and Superman / 02 February 2020
- No. 16 / Luxury carbon negative goods, shared attention spaces and Professor Kliq / 19 January 2020
- No. 15 / Restarting habits, productivity is magick, and the dissolution of the Self / 13 January 2020
- No. 14 / Inhabiting ritual-space at Christmas and the first Christmas card / 24 December 2019
- No. 13 / Beyond Net Zero, passive climate impact and expanded awareness video / 15 December 2019
- No. 12 / The Alexander Technique and launching the Carbon Removal Centre / 08 December 2019
- No. 11 / Humanistic geostewardship and wind turbines in Germany / 01 December 2019
- No. 10 / On the humanism of Star Trek, the end of time and Tutankhamun / 24 November 2019
- No. 09 / On choosing optimism, finding new tribes and reflecting on growth / 27 November 2019
- No. 08 / On a dislocated knee, anti-fragile identity and sensory overload in Seoul / 09 November 2019
- No. 07 / On geospatial data, a trip to Korea and my serendipity vehicle / 04 November 2019
- No. 06 / On optimistic nihilism, finding the others and a carbon removal meet up / 06 October 2019
- No. 05 / On changing seasons, battling perfectionism and climate grief / 29 September 2019
- No. 04 / On feeling awe and playing the games of life / 22 September 2019
- No. 03 / On fear and art / 15 September 2019
- No. 02 / Fear, Zen and Canary Wharf / 08 September 2019
- No. 01 / A newsletter by Michael Ashcroft / 01 September 2019
